Meter-operated circuit closer



Feb. 4 15 1927. 1,617,406

w. L. MARDEN MET ER OPERATED CIRCUIT CLOSER Filed Nov. 21, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VENTOR ATT RIVEYS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W. L. MARDEN METER OPERATED CIRCUIT CLOSER Filed Nov. 21, 1924 Feb. 15 1927.

Patented Feb. 15, 1927.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM L. MARDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO NEPTUNE METER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

METER-OPERATED CIRCUIT CLOSER.

Application filed November 21, 1924. Serial No. 751,294.

In certain industrial processes, such as those which involve the mixing of liquids, it sometimes becomes nece:.sary to perform certain acts or to effect certain changes, such as the addition of another liquid or chemical,- when a predetermined volume of a given liquid has passed through the conduit therefor. In such cases, particularly where the volume of liquid handled is large'and the passage thereof requires considerable time it is desirable to provide means whereby a signal shall be given at or about the comple' tion of the predetermined flow. It is the object of this invention to provide for association with a meter a registering device which shall cause a signal to be given at or about the completionof a predetermined flow and shall be capable of being set at will for any predetermined flow within the range of the register. The invention will be explained more fully hereinafter with reference to the accon'ipanying drawings in which it is illus-- trated and in which- Figure 1 is a View in elevation of a registering mechanism which embodies the in vention, the casing beingshown in section.

Figure 2 is-a view of the registering mech' anism as seen from the right hand in Figure 1, the dial being broken away to save space.

Figure 3 is a top view of the registering mechanism with a portion of the casing shown in horizontal section.

Figure 4 is a detail View in section of the reduction gearing.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the registering mechanism, indicated generally at a. is enclosed Within a suitable casing bwhich supports a suitable dial a. The casing is intended to be supported upon the casing of a meter not shown which may be of suitable construction, from which the registering mechanism receives motion through a vertical driving shaft d. In the construction shown the shaft d, through gears d and (Z drives a shaft (i which carries a unit indicator hand 03*. The shaft 03, in the construction shown, also carries a gear (Z which meshes with a pinion e on a driven shaft 6 which is mounted in suitable bearings in the supporting framework and carries a worm e in engagement with a worm wheel f of a totalizing register, of suitable construction, indi cated by a broken line at f in Figure 1 and shown in top View at f in Figure 3.

The shaft 6 also carries the worm gear 9 on a sleeve (7 loose on counter shaft h and provided with gear teeth which mesh with the teeth of gear lg on sleeve 9 loose on a fixed shaft parallel with countershaft h. Sleeve 9 carries also gear g, the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of gear g on sleeve if, loose on countershaft 7L. Sleeve 7&3 also carries pinion the teeth of which mesh with the teeth of gear g which is loose on the hub of pinion 9 but is frictionall-y held thereto by spring The teeth of hub mesh with the teeth of gear k of sleeve 72 which is fast on oountershaft h.

It will thus be seen that as the driven shaft e is rotated operating the totalizing register indicated at f through worm e its worm 6? will rotate worm gear 7 which through the teeth g of sleeve 9 will rotate gear 9 at less speed which through smaller gear 9 will rotate gear at reduced speed which, in turn, through gear will rotate gear at further reduced speed, the rotation imparted to gear 9 being thus transmitted to gear 9 greatly reduced. The spring f normally holds gear g on hub g which rotates gear h and with it sleeve k and shaft h at a speed substantially less than the reduced speed imparted to gear 3.

At one end, in front of the dial 0 and the protecting glass 0', the shaft h is provided with a handle. h by which it may be turned, and secured to the shaft. preferably between the dial and the protecting glass, or to the sleeve 7L2 which virtually forms a part of the shaft h, is an indicating hand or pointer M. The shaft also has secured thereto, prefen ably between the supporting framework of the register mechanismand the casing an alarm operating member 5 which is shown as a disc having a cam finger i. In the construction shown the alarm or signal operatingmember i co-acts with a spring is which is carried bv a binding post 70', its contact k co-acting with a contact k carried by another l'iinding post 70*. The binding posts 70 and k are shown as connected into an electric circuit Z which includes a source of electric energy 70 and an audible alarm 70.

In the use of the device the pointer h, by means, of the handle lr. is set to any desired point on the dial 0. the signal operating member i being moved at the same time with the pointer h so that the same relation is established-between the cam finger i and the spring in as that which is established between the pointer 7L and the zero mark on the dial. T he frictional connection between the pinion and the gear 9 through spring g permits shaft h which carries the indicator hand and the signal operating device to be rotated for setting without affecting the register mechanism. In such setting the gear k rotates the pinion g and by reason of the frictional connection with gear- -pinion rotates without rotating gear g If now the register mechanism is actuated, not only will the totalizing register f be operated but the pointer h will be moved and at the same time the signal operating member i will be moved so that when the pointer k reaches. for example, the Zero point from which it has been set, the signal operating member 2' will operate the signal by closing the circuit between the contacts 7: and 70 whereby the attention of theattendant will be called to the fact that the predetermined volume of fluid, as measured emme means for actuating an alarm mechanism,

a fixed shaft parallel with the countershaft, intermeshing reducing gears mounted to rotate freely on the countershaft and fixed shaft, including a frictionally mounted gear arranged to normally drive the countershaft, and means for rotating the countershaft in dependently of the frictionally mounted gear.

his specification signed this 19th day of November A. D. 1924.

lVlLLLUif L. MARDEN. 

